plenty

[plen·ty]

If you've eaten your fill at a big meal, you know by your full stomach that you have had plenty. In fact, if you had more than plenty, you might even get the feeling you've had too much!

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Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.

Noun
a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone"

Noun
(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"

Adverb
as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty'' is nonstandard) "I''ve had plenty, thanks"


a.
Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.

a.
Plentiful; abundant.


Plenty

Plen"ty , n.; pl. Plenties , in Shak. [OE. plentee, plente, OF. plent'82, fr. L. plenitas, fr. plenus full. See Full, a., and cf. Complete.] Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness. "Plenty of corn and wine." Gen. xxvii. 28. "Promises Britain peace and plenty." Shak.
Houses of office stuffed with plentee.
The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world.
Syn. -- Abundance; exuberance. See Abundance.

Plenty

Plen"ty, a. Plentiful; abundant. [Obs. or Colloq.]
If reasons were as plenty as blackberries.
Those countries where shrubs are plenty.

Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness.

Plentiful; abundant.

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Usage Examples

A boxer's diet should be low in fat and high in proteins and sugar. Therefore you should eat plenty of lean meat, milk, leafy vegetables, and fresh fruit and ice cream for sugar.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day.

For me, food is all about balance. If you eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and an appropriate amount of poultry, fish, and red meat that are sourced from good places, you're doing well. It's important to make sure that the meat you're consuming is hormone-free.

God wants us to prosper financially, to have plenty of money, to fulfill the destiny He has laid out for us.

Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.

For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for.

Americans are blessed with great plenty we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

For my scale, how I grew up and live my life, I'm making plenty of money.

Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.

Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty.

Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit.

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